Chris Henry (wide receiver)
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| Position | Wide receiver | ||||||||
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| Born | May 17, 1983 Belle Chasse, Louisiana, U.S. | ||||||||
| Died | December 17, 2009 (aged 26) Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. | ||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||
| Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Belle Chasse (LA) | ||||||||
| College | West Virginia (2002–2004) | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 2005: 3rd round, 83rd overall pick | ||||||||
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Christopher Henry (May 17, 1983 – December 17, 2009) was an American professional football player who was a wide receiver for five seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the West Virginia Mountaineers and was selected by the Bengals in the third round of the 2005 NFL draft.
Henry died on December 17, 2009, when he fell out the back of a moving truck after having a domestic dispute with his fiancée. An autopsy revealed that Henry had developed chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) during his playing career due to repetitive hits to the head. Because CTE can only be definitively diagnosed in an autopsy and Henry was still active in the NFL when he died, Henry represented the first case where an active player had died and could be diagnosed with CTE.